Comparison of adsorption characteristics for VOCs on acivated carbon and oxidized activated carbon
- National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan, Province of China)
In this investigation, the selected activated carbon is treated in NaOH solution or gas fluid with ozone from an ozone generator. FTIR, BET specific surface area and element analysis instruments were used to identify the difference in the chemical and physical characteristics between the activated carbon and oxidized activated carbon. The system of adsorption apparatus consists of a fixed adsorption column, quartz pan, electronic balance, and data acquisition system to measure the adsorption capacities and adsorption rates for VOCs under various operating conditions. VOCs n-hexane, methyl-ethyl-ketone, and benzene were selected to evaluate the effect of adsorption characterisitics on the activated carbon and oxidized activated carbon. The results of chemical analysis with the FTIR instrument indicate the adsorption bands and peaks measured at 1632 cm[sup [minus]1] on the oxidized activated carbons (AOHO[sub 3] and AO[sub 3]) are much stronger than on the activated carbon (AC). This shows that carbonyl (conjugated C=O) of the functional group is predominantly found to increase on the oxidized activated carbons (AO[sub 3] and AOHO[sub 3]). Significant changes were observed for BET-specific areas for AOHO[sub 3] and AO[sub 3] but the carbon contents of AOHO[sub 3] and AO[sub 3] decreases slightly. Moreover, the oxidized activated carbons showed greater affinity for polar adsorbate than did AC, and the overall effective mass transfer coefficients, k[sub D], of AO[sub 3] for various VOC adsorption were larger than those of AC and AOHO[sub 3]. 12 refs., 8 figs., 4 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 6764099
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Progress; (United States), Vol. 13:1; ISSN 0278-4491
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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